Thunder (1982 film)
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| Directed by | Takashi Ito |
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Running time | 5 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
Thunder is a 1982 Japanese experimental short film directed by Takashi Ito. Shot on 16 mm film,[1] Thunder makes use of long-exposure photography.[2] Along with Ito's films Ghost (1984) and Grim (1985), Thunder has been noted for its ghostly imagery and ominous tone.[3][4]
Thunder features a series of photographic slides of a woman repeatedly covering and uncovering her face with her hands, projected onto the interiors of an empty office building. The images bend and distort against the interior surfaces. Additionally, a long ribbon of light is seen curling and oscillating. The effect of the ribbon of light was produced using long-exposure photography, created frame-by-frame by a person with a flashlight moving throughout the building's rooms during long single-frame exposures.[2][5]
Release
Thunder screened as part of the 34th Berlin International Film Festival in 1984, and was later shown at the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art in 1996.[6]